KFUMs Boldklub

KFUMs Boldklub (also known as KFUM) is a Danish sports club based in Emdrup in the Bispebjerg district of Copenhagen, founded in 1899. The club is best known for its 1940s amateur football team. It played six seasons in the top-flight Danish football championship from 1940 to 1958.

KFUM is an independent sports club under the Copenhagen KFUM Centralforeningen (English: YMCA Central Association). Apart from football, KFUM has also had teams playing team handball, badminton, and table tennis. These other sports teams branched off in 2001, leaving only football at KFUMs Boldklub.

History

KFUMs Boldklub was founded on June 4, 1899 under the name of Kristelig Idratsforening (English: Christian Sports Association). KFUM's football team played its first competitive game in 1901, losing 0–14 to Akademisk Boldklub. When the four biggest teams decided to quit the Copenhagen Football Association, KFUM was one of the replacement teams in the 1911 Copenhagen Football Championship. KFUM finished the tournament in joint last place, and was moved out of the championship when the big teams returned for the following season.

KFUM competed in the lower tiers of Copenhagen football until 1930, when the club entered the nationwide Danish 2nd Division. During the Occupation of Denmark in World War II, KFUM was included in the top-flight Danish football championship. KFUM reached the semi-finals of the 1940–41 Danish War Tournament and the quarter-finals for the following three seasons. After the war, KFUM was moved to the 2nd Division again. When KFUM finished in second place in the 1956–57 2nd Division season, the club won promotion for the top-flight Danish 1st Division. It was a short trip to the 1st Division; following 11 points in 22 games, KFUM were relegated straight back into the 2nd Division. KFUM played on in the 2nd and Danish 3rd Division. The club was relegated from the 3rd Division into the lower leagues in 1975, and has not since played in the upper divisions.